Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex series, a prequel where players take control of augmented security officer Adam Jensen, and investigate attacks against Sarif Industries, a leader in augmentation technology.

Return to Hengsha *SPOILERS*

Phew, I just played the beginning of when you return to Hengsha and the heli goes down. I was planning to go pacifist this whole time but when I realized that Malik could die, I said screw it and took out my shotgun and went on a rampage.

I felt like this was a great moment in the game because it allowed you to react realistically. I was trying to play Jenson as a guy who uses lethality as a last resort and this really came through in this area, even if I lost a trophy.

Did anyone else who was going pacifist switch to their lethal weapons at this point? I don't know, maybe I could have done it with non-lethal weapons but I kind of doubt it..

***No further spoilers please!! Just wanted to share and discuss, haven't beaten the game yet***

Yeah i did go guns blazing in that very spot, just to see if i can safe Malik, but when i realized i could i went with the non-lethal approach. More because I'm a pacifistic coward than for the achievement itself. Edit: Yeah you can do it non-lethally, no problem, but you have to be fast.

@Marz: That's exactly what I was thinking too, felt pretty great to be honest.@Buttenator: Hmm, I tried that but it didn't work for me. Reload times were too long, maybe it's difficulty, were you playing on hardest?

Either way, I don't regret it. I feel like I've been missing out now that I've shot the sniper rifle and my fully modded pistol.

I just cloaked and tazered everyone since I saved up a decent number of darts (like 40 or something) thanks to to non-lethal takedowns. Tranquilser rifle helped a bit too. All of this whilst. saving Malik and getting the Pacifist achievement. Awesome.

It was pretty awesome, I felt like I was really fighting for something. I hadn't been working on any sort of paficist run, but it felt damn good to go into beast mode and take out all those dudes in the span of a few minutes.

I knew I would be able to save her, but unfortunately I was ill equipped to deal with the huge add robot. Needless to say that after she died and I finally took down that bot, the rest of the guys there tasted armblade.

I knew I would be able to save her, but unfortunately I was ill equipped to deal with the huge add robot. Needless to say that after she died and I finally took down that bot, the rest of the guys there tasted armblade.

Haha yea, the robot was the least of my worries during that sequence. I dropped an EMP as soon as I saw the box fall from the sky. Thinking about it now, that whole area would be really easy if you had a few gas nades to spam. The heavies were the biggest problem but luckily I had one gas nade and that took care of that.

@MEATBALL: Too true. Especially since I've been playing stealth this whole time, it was my first time going all out.

@Napalm: It's not timed. The heli basically has HP, so if you don't take out enemies like the 2 heavies and the robot first she can die very quickly. If you do it will give you much more breathing room to take out the rest.

And if you just sneak out before they kill her, it's kinda even worse :(

My first playthrough was on "gimme Deus Ex" difficulty. I had to retry several times. I basically rushed out to the wreckage with an explosive revolver in hand and shot at everything. Chugged a few painkillers and tossed an EMP nade and that was the end of it. I'm going for the pacifist, no alert play-through right now and I'm afraid I'm going to have to let her die this time just so I can get away unseen.

@MiniPato: Remaining unseen is not required for the Foxiest of Hounds, it only requires you not to raise actual alarms. Enemies can still be alerted to your presence or see you. So it's possible to save Malik and get both those achievements at the same time.

@MiniPato: Remaining unseen is not required for the Foxiest of Hounds, it only requires you not to raise actual alarms. Enemies can still be alerted to your presence or see you. So it's possible to save Malik and get both those achievements at the same time.

Thank god! Here I was reloading each time it would simply go into hostile red mode.

It took me a few tries to save her. For those having problems, it seems like the mech doesn't spawn in until you cross an invisible line on the ground. Instead of going high and blazing through guys, I went low, covered behind a concrete slab near the helicopter and used my combat rifle/pistol to take most guys out from a distance before the mech dropped. Once it does, make sure you get behind it and draw its fire toward you so it ignores Malik.

I saved her with lethal means in my first playthrough. I did manage to save her using non lethal weapons in my second "Give Me Deus Ex" playthrough, but there was a heavy that kept getting killed by the robot exploding. Since I was also going for the pacifist achievement and I was worried that might affect it, I reloaded and just went straight for the elevator. Sorry Malik. :(